Inside the CDC's Sprawling Report on Exposure and Respiratory Health Inside a Roastery

“These lower respiratory symptoms and the lung function abnormalities we found are not specific to a particular respiratory problem or disease,” the report reads. “They could be related to workplace exposures or to other factors. Indeed, some employees had respiratory diagnoses that preceded employment at this facility. Because of the small number of participants and the need to protect individuals’ privacy, we cannot provide more detailed results that might shed light on possible work-relatedness, such as health measures by job title or task.”